Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2019

Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2019

This bill authorizes a federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification to carry out a program that awards prizes competitively for innovative efforts to research or respond to ocean acidification. Priority must be given to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1921 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1921

   To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for 
   innovation or adaptation management development relating to ocean 
                             acidification.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2019

  Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. 
    Young) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for 
   innovation or adaptation management development relating to ocean 
                             acidification.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ocean Acidification Innovation Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS.

    Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and 
Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(d) Prize Competitions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any Federal agency with a representative 
        serving on the interagency working group established under this 
        section may, either individually or in cooperation with one or 
        more agencies, carry out a program to award prizes 
        competitively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
        Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719). An agency 
        seeking to carry out such a program shall carry out such 
        program in coordination with the chair of such interagency 
        working group.
            ``(2) Purposes.--Any prize competition carried out under 
        this subsection shall be for the purpose of stimulating 
        innovation to advance our Nation's ability to understand, 
        research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts, or to 
        develop management or adaptation options for responding to 
        ocean acidification.
            ``(3) Priority programs.--Priority shall be given to 
        establishing programs under this section that address 
        communities, environments, or industries that are in distress 
        due to the impacts of ocean acidification, including--
                    ``(A) the development of monitoring or management 
                options for communities or industries that are 
                experiencing significant financial hardship;
                    ``(B) the development of adaptation options to 
                alleviate economic harm and job loss caused by ocean 
                acidification;
                    ``(C) the development of measures to help 
                vulnerable communities or industries, with an emphasis 
                on rural communities and businesses; and
                    ``(D) the development of adaptation and management 
                options for impacted shellfish industries.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
        amounts made available under section 12409, there is authorized 
        to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
        this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and 
Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subtitle--'' and all 
        that follows through paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
        ``subtitle $30,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 
        through 2024.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subtitle--'' and all 
        that follows through paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
        ``subtitle $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 
        through 2024.''.
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